André Forget, Author at Anglican Journal

Luther and the English church: 500 years of influence

André Forget — Thu, 12 Oct 2017 13:30:04 +0000

(This story first appeared in the October 2017 issue of the Anglican Journal.) This October, Lutherans around the world will commemorate the 500th anniversary of an act that has defined modern history in the Western world: Martin Luther’s posting of his Ninety-five Theses to the door of a Wittenberg church, disputing the Catholic Church’s practice […]

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The prisoner and the professor

André Forget — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 15:07:08 +0000

In early September 2008, the name Omar Khadr meant nothing more to Arlette Zinck, an Anglican and professor of English literature at The King’s University in Edmonton, than it did to millions of other Canadians. She had a vague notion, from news headlines, that Khadr was a Canadian citizen being held by U.S. forces at […]

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MacDonald reflects on 10 years as National Indigenous Anglican Bishop

André Forget — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 18:14:08 +0000

Every Sunday for the past decade, Canadian Anglicans have offered prayers for “our National Indigenous Bishop, Mark MacDonald.” For some, perhaps, it is a name that conjures little—another in a list of diocesan and national figures who have little directly to do with their home parish. Others may know MacDonald for his involvement in reconciliation […]

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Indigenous network calls for more Communion support

André Forget — Mon, 11 Sep 2017 15:41:34 +0000

An international group of Indigenous Anglicans has urged the Anglican Communion to provide greater support and resources to help Indigenous churches achieve self-determination and self-sustainability and address urgent issues such as climate change and intergenerational trauma. The Anglican Indigenous Network, which represents Indigenous Anglicans who are minorities in their own countries, issued these calls in […]

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From residential school to resource centre

André Forget — Mon, 21 Aug 2017 17:51:30 +0000

On a piece of land in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., where the Anglican-run Shingwauk Indian Residential School once stood, a construction pit marks the future site of a centre that will help Indigenous people from across the country reconnect with their heritage. Construction began earlier this year on a $12 million facility that, when completed […]

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Hiltz calls for prayers following Barcelona, Charlottesville attacks

André Forget — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 19:24:40 +0000

Archbishop Fred Hiltz, primate of the Anglican Church of Canada, has asked Anglicans to pray for those affected by the deadly attacks in Charlottesville, Va, and Barcelona, and to work for a more peaceful world. In a statement, released earlier today, Hiltz said the violence in Charlottesville and activities being planned by white supremacy movements “have […]

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Bishop John Timothy Frame: 1930–2017

André Forget — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 19:09:04 +0000

Bishop John Timothy Frame, eighth bishop of the diocese of Yukon, one-time acting metropolitan (senior bishop) of the ecclesiastical province of British Columbia and Yukon and the Anglican Church of Canada’s most senior bishop by years of consecration, died of a stroke August 4. He was 86. In a funeral sermon preached August 10, his […]

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Anglican deacons focus on ‘challenges of the real world’

André Forget — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 16:19:54 +0000

When the Association of Anglican Deacons in Canada (AADC) held its triennial meeting July 27-30 in Victoria, B.C., the role of deacons as ministers to those outside the church was front and centre, according to incoming AADC board president Canon Nancy Ford.

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Algoma returns traditional burial ground to Métis Nation of Ontario

André Forget — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 19:16:32 +0000

A Métis burial ground in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., that was appropriated by non-Indigenous Canadians more than 200 years ago was returned to the Métis community last month, following the transfer of the land and buildings occupied by St. John the Evangelist Anglican Church to the Métis Nation of Ontario (MNO).

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Anglican Journal Appeal 2016 raises nearly half a million

André Forget — Wed, 02 Aug 2017 18:17:27 +0000

The Anglican Journal Appeal, the Journal’s annual donation campaign, grossed $496,414 in 2016.

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